Biola University 2012-2013 Catalog forward the student’s transcript to Biola, where it will be interpreted in light of our American grading system. For contact information please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact. Heidelberg Semester Program (HSP) academics.biola.edu/music/heidelberg Students will live and study in historic old town Heidelberg, and in addition to studies and involvement in area ensembles will enjoy extended trips to Austria, visiting Salzburg and Vienna, and northern Germany, visiting Leipzig and Eisenach. Activities will include concerts, museum visits, and a wide variety of historic site-seeing. “The Heidelberg program provides an opportunity for students to steep themselves in the historically and culturally rich environment that can only be found in Europe, the birthplace of the western art music tradition,” stated Biola Conservatory of Music director, Dr. George Boespflug. For contact information please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact. Heidelberg Semester Program Recommended Courses Credits
interdisciplinary learning opportunities are available to juniors and seniors, while some programs also accept second-semester sophomores. For further information regarding academic requirements, course equivalencies, application deadlines, registration and program costs see the Off-campus Programs Coordinator (in the Office of the Registrar) or the Biola faculty program directors listed below for each program. Interested students can visit Biola’s Off-campus Programs website: biola. edu/offcampusprograms and the CCCU website: bestsemester.com. American Studies Program (ASP) bestsemester.com/asp Since 1976, the American Studies Program has served as an experiential learning laboratory for students committed to connecting their faith to public affairs. More than 2,500 students have come to Washington and nearly 500 alumni currently work in the DC metro area in a variety of professional fields—private and public, for-profit and non-profit. Each student enrolls in the program’s two practicum courses: Internship and Topics in Leadership & Vocation. Students have the option of enrolling in a one-credit Professional Mentorship course. In addition, students apply to either the Public Policy track or the Global Development track. The Public Policy track equips and supports students in their analysis of a pressing public policy issue. Each student produces original research by engaging area experts and practitioners off-site and in the classroom as they investigate the local, national, and global factors that influence policy-making in Washington, DC. The Global Development track focuses on partnership initiatives taken by leaders in commercial, governmental and non- governmental organizations as they explore the impact they can achieve by collaborating to address issues of sustainable development worldwide. ASP students earn 15–16 semester hours of credit. For contact information please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact. American Studies Program Recommended Courses Credits
Music History
3 2 4 3 0
Conducting German 1
World Civilization Concert Music
Ensemble
1-2 2-3
Applied Music
Total
14 - 17 credits
International Student Exchange Program (ISE) biola.edu/academics/cook/ise/isep
The International Student Exchange Program provides unique opportunities for Biola students to study at Christian universities in Korea and Japan. Students can study as exchange students at Handong University, Hannam University, Seoul Women’s University, and Yonsei University in Korea, or at Tokyo Christian University in Japan. Biola students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher may apply for up to two semesters of exchange study. For contact information please visit the following website: biola.edu/academics/offcampusprograms/ contact. BestSemester (CCCU) Programs The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), an association of 115 members and 69 affiliate institutions in 25 countries, offers the following semester and summer programs to students of its member institutions. The programs offer a unique opportunity for students to make the world their classroom. These
Practicum Courses Internship
6 3 1
Topics Leadership & Vocation Professional Mentorship (optional) Project Track Courses Public Policy Track Policy Analysis & Advocacy Seminar
3 3
Public Policy Project
Global Development Track Entrepreneurship & Human Development Seminar
3
Global Development Partnership Exercise
3
Total
15 - 16 credits
60
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